#!/bin/bash EnableDisable() { case $1 in 1) local stateED="On";; 2) local stateED="Off";; esac echo $stateED } printf "%s\t%s\t%s\n" "Status:" "$(EnableDisable 1)" "Test On" printf "%s\t%s\t%s\n" "Status:" "$(EnableDisable 2)" "Test Off"